It will be hard for Alissa to watch nationals on the sideline. I hope she heals and rests well. I still do have concerns about athletes pushing themselves so hard and fast - it is a fine line. You want everyone to do their best and make the team but there are only two spots. Someone has to win and somenoe has to well not be so lucky.

2011 - Flatt skates on injury to 12th place at worlds, can only muster 6th at Nationals in 2012

2012 - Czisny with epic meltdown at Worlds, injury takes her out of the running in 2013

Another thing to note is that having a third spot would have only benefited Nagasu in the 2011 case - as she finished 3rd at Nationals that year. For all other cases the third spot would have gone to someone else and the skater in question would still miss out.

It will be hard for Alissa to watch nationals on the sideline. I hope she heals and rests well. I still do have concerns about athletes pushing themselves so hard and fast - it is a fine line. You want everyone to do their best and make the team but there are only two spots. Someone has to win and somenoe has to well not be so lucky.

I suspect Alissa will watch Nationals......from the "sidelines"......but in Omaha.

According to the USFS announcement, Alissa didn't have surgery to correct the dislocated hip.

But the problem is once you dislocate a joint, it becomes easier for that to happen again. Think Miki Ando and Yuko Kawaguchi, both of whom had multiple incidents of dislocated shoulders. I believe Yuko did have surgery to correct it.

But a dislocated hip is far more problematic than a shoulder dislocation, especially if it follows labrum surgery on the same hip. If the hip can go out that easily (from a wonky jump landing) can additional surgery really prevent it from happening again?

I feel so sorry to hear about Alissa's terrible injury.
I sincerely hope that she recovers fully, that she makes no hastes in her rehab, and that she takes enough time as needed, so that this injury does not affect her at all in the future; both on and off ice.

No...but then again, probably because I didn't write to her in the first place.

I have in the past, though...and have gotten a (short) response about a month afterwards. Surprising that you guys got one so quickly. Guess she really does read all her fan mail. That's an admirable trait.